2026 Robert M. Solow: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	88	181	129	353	86917

Robert M. Solow publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert M. Solow sits on this spectrum.

42 publications 521+

This scientist: 353 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Robert M. Solow D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert M. Solow sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Presidential Medal of Freedom, United States
1999 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his creation of the modern framework for analyzing the effects of investment and technological progress on economic growth, greatly influencing economics and economic policy worldwide.", Presented by President William Clinton in a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, March 14, 2000.
1999 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
1987 - Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics for his contributions to the theory of economic growth
1987 - Nobel Prize for his contributions to the theory of economic growth
1980 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
1972 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1970 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1961 - John Bates Clark Medal, the American Economic Association
1957 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
1956 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Robert M. Solow was affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their work focused primarily on the field of economics, notably on the theory of economic growth.

Throughout their career, Solow collaborated frequently with several notable co-authors:

Kenneth J. Arrow
Thomas C. Schelling
Richard Swedberg
Gary S. Becker
James S. Coleman

Solow authored multiple books published by prominent academic presses. These include:

Economics and Sociology, published by Princeton University Press in 2020, cited 27 times
Lives of the Laureates, published by The MIT Press in 2020, cited 2 times

Their contributions to economics were recognized with numerous awards during their lifetime. These honors encompass:

Presidential Medal of Freedom, United States (2014)
Member of the Royal Irish Academy (1999)
US President's National Medal of Science (1999) - awarded "For his creation of the modern framework for analyzing the effects of investment and technological progress on economic growth, greatly influencing economics and economic policy worldwide," presented by President William Clinton in 2000
Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics (1987) for contributions to the theory of economic growth
Nobel Prize (1987), same citation
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association (1980)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1972)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1970)
John Bates Clark Medal, the American Economic Association (1961)
Fellows of the Econometric Society (1957)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1956)

Best Publications

A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth

Robert M. Solow

28980
Citations
TECHNICAL CHANGE AND THE AGGREGATE PRODUCTION FUNCTION

Robert M. Solow

16026
Citations
Capital-labor substitution and economic efficiency

Kenneth Joseph Arrow;Hollis B. Chenery;Bagicha S. Minhas;Robert M. Solow

4199
Citations
Linear Programming and Economic Analysis

Robert Dorfman;Paul Anthony Samuelson;Robert M. Solow

3289
Citations
Intergenerational equity and exhaustible resources

Robert M. Solow

2522
Citations
Wage Bargaining and Employment

Ian M McDonald;Robert M Solow

2287
Citations
The Economics of Resources or the Resources of Economics

Robert M. Solow

1503
Citations
We’d better watch out

Robert M. Solow

1181
Citations
On the Intergenerational Allocation of Natural Resources

Robert M. Solow

1075
Citations
Growth Theory: An Exposition

Robert M. Solow

1071
Citations
Mathematical Theories of Economic Growth

Edwin Burmeister;Rodney Dobell;Robert M. Solow;Stephen J. Turnovsky

1068
Citations
Another possible source of wage stickiness

Robert M. Solow

1046
Citations
Perspectives on Growth Theory

Robert M. Solow

1020
Citations
Does fiscal policy matter

Alan Stuart Blinder;Robert M. Solow

840
Citations
An almost practical step toward sustainability

Robert M. Solow

821
Citations
A critical essay on modern macroeconomic theory

Frank H. Hahn;Robert M. Solow

652
Citations
Foundations of the Goldilocks Economy: Supply Shocks and the Time-Varying NAIRU

Robert J Gordon

564
Citations
Growth Theory and After

Robert M Solow

426
Citations
Extraction Costs in the Theory of Exhaustible Resources

Robert M. Solow;Frederic Y. Wan

390
Citations
Statistical Inference in Dynamic Economic Models

Unknown

366
Citations
Report of the NOOA Panel on Contingent Valuation

Kenneth Arrow;K Arrow;R. Solow;PR Portney

159
Citations
Intergenerational Equity and Exhaustable Resources

Robert Solow

56
Citations
Linear Programming and Economic Analysis.

R. Dorfman;P. A. Samuelson;R. M. Solow

13
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Gordon Northwestern University

Paul A. Samuelson MIT

Franco Modigliani MIT

Donald N. McCloskey University of Illinois at Chicago

Kenneth J. Arrow Stanford University

Alan S. Blinder Princeton University

Dennis J. Snower Kiel Institute for the World Economy

William D. Nordhaus Yale University

Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University

Martin Feldstein Harvard University

External Links

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